Sister liable as cotenant in family farm fight

A dissenting sibling in a dispute over the disposition of a family farm must share in the costs of a subdivision plan when the plan helped to increase the value of the property, the Supreme Court of Virginia holds.

As we reported in November , the family of a deceased Loudoun county physician could not agree on what to do with his 350-acre “Mountain Gap Farm.” Over the objections of a sister living in France, the other siblings took steps to clear the way for subdivision of the land into 68 parcels, a move that likely increased the value of the property.